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The Grand Canal in Venice from Palazzo Flangini to Campo San Marcuola
Creator
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)Italian Artist · 1697–1768
All works by this person →It was fashionable for eighteenth-century English tourists on the Grand Tour to bring home a Canaletto *veduta,* or view painting, to commemorate their trip. A Venetian native, Canaletto was first trained by his father, a theatrical scene painter. In 1719 he went to Rome for a year, possibly studying with Dutch and Italian painters of classical ruins. Canaletto's earliest datable works are four vi
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- about 1738
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- Oil on canvas
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- Italian
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- Paintings
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- Getty Museum
Canaletto was at the peak of his powers when he created this view of the sun-drenched palaces lining the Grand Canal and reflected in its shimmering water. With precise brushwork, he also evoked the effects of soot and crumbling stucco disfiguring the facades. Canaletto's highly finished treatment and silvery tonality stand in marked contrast to Francesco Guardi's more painterly view of the same location, *The Grand Canal in Venice with Palazzo Bembo*, also in the Getty Museum's collection.
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